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Heavy Beach is the hand crafted creation of Ali E (Damn Terran, Little Athletics, Ali E), Mark Renall (Howl At The Moon) and Clayton Pegus (Spun Rivals). The band started in 2010 as a duo under the name Ferry Tails, playing gigs all over Melbourne before Clayton joined on bass, adding another creative mind between the guitars, a loop pedal and a set of vintage drums. Driven by unconventional song structures and tunings, Heavy Beach create grooves along which an entire song can float, ripping through raucous guitar solos and underpinning songs with fuzzy, melodic bass and potent drums. It’s easy to see why bands such as Dinosaur Jr, Dead Meadow, The Clean and Magic Dirt are on their list of influences—they have harnessed the power of dirty guitars and melody in a way achieved by few in today’s musical landscape. "Lead vocalist Ali Edmonds shreds on the guitar but sings forlorn melodies that juxtapose the group’s instrumentation. She plays the guitar fearlessly, letting the higher